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A preserved portion of the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany. (CIA.gov)

Germany’s top court hears CETA challenge

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen, Reuters October 12, 2016

Karlsruhe, Germany | Reuters — Germany’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday began hearing a legal challenge to a planned EU-Canada free trade deal that could paralyze the accord. Three German activist groups handed in 125,000 signatures to the court in August in opposition to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which they fear will undermine

Dairy cattle, Livestock

EU anti-globalization politician allowed to stay in Canada

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 12, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — European Parliament member and anti-globalization activist Jose Bove will be allowed to stay in Canada after earlier being told to leave the country, according to organizers of an event where he had been scheduled to speak. The Council of Canadians, a social justice non-profit, said on Wednesday that a decision to

Staff of Le Bulletin were presented Oct. 7 with ACRA’s Prix Roger-Blais. From left are awards jury president Yolaine Villeneuve, public and corporate affairs director of the Conseil des industriels laitiers du Quebec (CILQ); Le Bulletin editor Yvon Therien; writers Celine Normandin and Marie-Josee Parent; associate editor Marie-Claude Poulin; and writer Nicolas Mesly. (LACRA.net)

FBC earns national, provincial honours for farm coverage

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 11, 2016

Winnipeg farm publishing house Farm Business Communications has earned 13 national and provincial awards so far this fall for its news and feature coverage of issues in Canadian farming. FBC, an arm of Glacier FarmMedia, earned a total of 10 gold, silver and bronze awards on Oct. 1 from the Canadian Farm Writers Federation (CFWF),

Le Botanique, a Brussels-area greenhouse facility repurposed as a cultural centre and live music venue. (CIA.gov)

Livestock

Belgian regions set to block CETA over farm concerns

By GFM Network News, Philip Blenkinsop October 11, 2016

Brussels | Reuters –– Southern Belgium is set to block a planned EU-Canada free trade agreement, threatening to undermine the European Union’s entire trade policy and serving as a warning to British hopes of a speedy deal after Britain has left the European Union. EU trade ministers will vote in a week on the Comprehensive

Toronto MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith’s bill to tighten animal cruelty legislation in Canada has been voted down in the Commons on second reading. (NErskine-Smith.liberal.ca)

Livestock

Bill to tighten cruelty laws downed in Commons

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 6, 2016

A federal private member’s bill meant to tighten animal cruelty laws in Canada — alarming farm organizations and energizing animal welfare groups en route — has gone the way of most private members’ bills. Bill C-246, introduced in February by Toronto Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith and given first reading, died Wednesday in the House of

Livestock

EU’s Juncker seeks to win over Austria on CETA

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 5, 2016

Strasbourg | Reuters –– European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker expressed optimism on Wednesday that EU governments would agree a contentious free trade deal this month ahead of a meeting with a skeptical Austrian chancellor. Juncker said the EU needed to ensure that a deal agreed with Canada two years ago entered into force in a

Dairy cattle, Livestock

NAFTA negotiators see gains for Canada if pact reopened

By GFM Network News October 4, 2016

Reuters — Canada, fearful of talk by the U.S. presidential candidates to reopen the North American Free Trade Agreement, could use the opportunity to push for a better deal on worker mobility, dispute resolutions and other issues, Canadian negotiators of the original pact said. Republican Donald Trump calls NAFTA the worst trade deal signed by

Livestock, Markets

Cargill profit jumps on beef demand, grain margins

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume October 4, 2016

Reuters — Global commodities trader Cargill reported a sharply higher quarterly net profit on Tuesday, helped by rising beef demand and stronger grain trading and processing margins. The privately held company’s net income rose 66 per cent to $852 million in the first quarter ended Aug. 31 from $512 million a year earlier (all figures

Manitoba farmers feel left out on farm policy tour

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus October 4, 2016

CNS Canada –– Manitoba has been dropped from an upcoming consulting tour meant to lay the foundation for Canada’s next agricultural policy funding framework. That will limit the province’s producers, the head of an industry group says. The House of Commons’ standing committee on agriculture and agri-food is holding a consulting tour to hear from

Austria’s Parliament Building, in Vienna. (CIA.gov)

Livestock

Austria’s chancellor sees CETA on right track

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 3, 2016

Vienna | Reuters –– Austria’s government on Monday seemed to have found common ground on a free trade agreement between the European Union and Canada with Chancellor Christian Kern, who has criticized the pact in the past, saying negotiations were on the right track. Social Democrat Kern’s opposition to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

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Bayer’s proposed Roundup settlement faces first signs of pushback in court

Eggs

Germany’s top court hears CETA challenge

EU anti-globalization politician allowed to stay in Canada

FBC earns national, provincial honours for farm coverage

Belgian regions set to block CETA over farm concerns

Bill to tighten cruelty laws downed in Commons

EU’s Juncker seeks to win over Austria on CETA

NAFTA negotiators see gains for Canada if pact reopened

Cargill profit jumps on beef demand, grain margins

Manitoba farmers feel left out on farm policy tour

Austria’s chancellor sees CETA on right track

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